only one hour a week. The detainees spend little time outside their cells and have little to do inside the cells other than to sit or lie on their beds all day. An Iraqi Kurd who had been in Petrou Ralli for 84 days at the time of the Human Rights Watch visit and was counting his last 6 days before his mandatory release said, “In three months here I have been outside for a total of 12 hours.”201 Human Rights Watch asked one of the guards standing in the corridor what he saw as the biggest problem at Petrou Ralli. He said, “Too many prisoners, too many of different cultures. We get racists who don’t behave. This is not a hotel. We don’t open too many doors at once to keep control. If we are not careful, they get into fights.”202 He said that the authorities try to match detainees of the same nationality in each cell. He added that when criminal aliens complete their prison sentences they are brought to Petrou Ralli to be held in administrative detention pending their deportation. The mix of criminals with noncriminals adds to the anxiety and fear of migrants with no criminal history. Even though Petrou Ralli appears to have been cleaned prior to the Human Rights Watch visit, a number of detainees complained about the unhygienic conditions. A 16-year-old boy said, “I spent two months in Petrou Ralli, until April 13 [2008]. I didn’t have enough soap and no toothbrush. I didn’t brush my teeth in two months. I didn’t have a bed sheet, just a blanket. I had skin parasites.”203 A Pakistani man with a rash, talked to Human Rights Watch through the bars of his cell: We are all sick here. We don’t have soap. I have been detained for 17 days. I don’t have a toothbrush. I can’t wash my clothes. I have been in the same clothes, underwear, shoes. Sometimes they give toilet paper. We don’t get any sheets. We can’t complain to the police.204 201 Human Rights Watch interview (name withheld, B-48), Petrou Ralli, June 4, 2008. 202 Human Rights Watch interview with prison guard, Petrou Ralli, June 4, 2008. 203 Human Rights Watch interview (name withheld, S-151), Volos Center, June 11, 2008. 204 Human Rights Watch interview (name withheld, S-141), Petrou Ralli, June 4, 2008. 81 Human Rights Watch November 2008